Karen:
The DHCP protocol allows for creation of a partition (IP address range)
for storing static addresses for a network otherwise happy with
renewable IP leases. ANY connected device deserving of a static address
could be assigned from within the partition.
I recommend that any printer to-be-network-accessed, containing its own
Ethernet port, be connected to a switch, not to a workstation. Then that
printer could be assigned a static address from within the DHCP
partition.
You would want an IT "guy" - not your DIY client - to make the
\\location\printername assignment(s).
Sounds like "too much fixin' goin' on" at ClientVille
Best, Bruce
Bruce A. Chitiea
SafeSectors, Inc.
1142 S Diamond Bar Blvd # 442
Diamond Bar CA 91765-2203
[email protected]
(909) 238-9012 m
------ Original Message ------
From "'Nicky Avery' via RBASE-L" <[email protected]>
To "'Karen Tellef' via RBASE-L" <[email protected]>
Date 9/30/2024 1:01:34 PM
Subject Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [RBASE-L] - Printer / RBase question - ping
result
Andfile may be dynamic. Normally a device will renew a lease from the
DHCP server with the same IP but, if it is dynamic, it could change so
static would be a better idea.
On 9/30/2024 12:56 PM, 'Karen Tellef' via RBASE-L wrote:
You mean it might change from day to day? As I mentioned, all 3
returned the same IP address within minutes of each other, but is that
enough to "prove" that it's static?
Karen
On Monday, September 30, 2024 at 02:52:08 PM CDT, 'Dan Goldberg' via
RBASE-L <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
wrote:
Make sure the IT guy has the printers on static IP addresses. Shared
printer IP addresses should never change.
Dan Goldberg
From: 'Karen Tellef' via RBASE-L <[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2024 12:48 PM
To: 'Nicky Avery' via RBASE-L <[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [RBASE-L] - Printer / RBase question - ping
result
That's what I was looking for, thanks! I will make up a routine for
them to try
Karen
On Monday, September 30, 2024 at 02:37:24 PM CDT, 'Nicky Avery' via
RBASE-L < [email protected]> wrote:
Hi Karen,
So we now know that the address \\andfile\whatever\ resolves. Have you
tried?
... | PRINTER_NAME \\192.168.41.253\HP4250 LPT3 | TRAY ' Tray 2'
Nicky
On 9/30/2024 12:16 PM, 'Karen Tellef' via RBASE-L wrote:
From the 3 workstations that won't print, she did a "ping andfile" and
the 3 results are identical. I'm attaching a jpg that she sent me (I
don't have ability to dial into any of those computers). Looks like
the ip address is 192.168.41.253
So how would I modify the print statement to use this ip address?
PRINT Appraisal WHERE SalesID = .vSalesID AND productid = .vapprid
OPTION PRINTER +
| PRINTER_NAME \\andfile\HP4250 LPT3 | TRAY ' Tray 2'
Karen
On Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 03:32:56 PM CDT, 'rehan wyne' via
RBASE-L <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
wrote:
It is correct as Nicky explained, the \\andfile\ is a name
automatically resolved into network address of a device / server /
PC by OS. Please share your ping result.
But as you explained in earlier email, they are installing a network
printer, which will be eventually resolved as local printer. In this
case just configure your printer as a shareable printer and provide "
\\andfile\HP4250" as a share name.
Regards
Rehan Wyne
On Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 12:53:11 AM GMT+5, 'Nicky Avery' via
RBASE-L <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
wrote:
Karen, the \\andfile\ is not a name but an address on a network: it
denotes some device, a server or a PC since it has a printer share.
I'd start at a/the PC which has R:Base and won't print by pinging
andfile from a command window (C:\ping andfile). Ping should report an
IP address and 4 results. If andfile is unreachable, your problem is
either that \\andfile\HP4250 is no longer valid or the name is not
resolving to the correct IP. If you can ping it, note the IP address
ping reports and substitute that IP address for the name andfile in
\\<andfile>\HP4250 then see if you can print from R:Base. Then let me
know what happened.
Nicky
On 9/28/2024 7:45 AM, 'Karen Tellef' via RBASE-L wrote:
So I have a client who tries to do hardware / network stuff
themselves, managing to screw something up each time. I always claim
to know nothing about this stuff (which is about 99% true) so I never
offer to help. I want them to pay a couple bucks to their network
support guys to do it right.
Apparently they had power outage, and some of the workstations (not
all) lost printer definitions along with other things. So the woman
there tried to re-install the networked printers.
My app contains several hard coded references to a networked printer
for a certain report, like this: \\andfile\HP4250
Somehow on the workstations she added the printer, but the name that
shows in PRNSETUP is just the "HP4250". It doesn't have the network
"andfile" indicator. If she picks that printer from Microsoft Word,
it's able to find the networked printer and prints it. But RBase
won't print anything to it, and I'm guessing that it thinks it's a
local printer, correct? She asked me if she could just type the "
\\andfile\" in front of the printer name, and I told her I honestly
don't know but she could try it.
Haven't heard back yet. Any thoughts or guidance?
Karen
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